Add.Or.344-347 4 drawings from a set depicting occupations and customs. By a Lucknow artist, c.1815-20. Inscribed with titles. 1815 water-mark. Water ...
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Add.Or.344-347 4 drawings from a set depicting occupations and customs. By a Lucknow artist, c.1815-20. Inscribed with titles. 1815 water-mark. Water-colour; 9.25 by 7.75 ins. Yellow and pink borders with black rules. Purchased 6 January 1958. Note: For other pictures from this set see M...
Vibhasa Ragini. The lover rises from his lady’s bed at dawn to shoot with bow and arrow at the cock which awakens them. Inscribed on reverse in Urdu: ‘1,’ ‘avval, ragini bangal-i malkos’ (1, first, ‘Bangali Ragini’ of ‘Malkos’). 229 by 160 mm.
Add.Or.348-355 Eight illustrations from a ‘ragamala’ series. Murshidabad, c.1760. Purchased March 1958. Inscribed with identifications in Urdu, writte ...
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Add.Or.348-355 Eight illustrations from a ‘ragamala’ series. Murshidabad, c.1760. Purchased March 1958. Inscribed with identifications in Urdu, written on slips of paper pasted on the reverse (in most cases misplaced). Gouache with gold; on album pages with pink, blue and plain borders spri...
Malavi Ragini. A lover and his mistress stand embracing on a terrace by a bed which is prepared by a maid. Inscribed on reverse in Urdu: ‘3, sivvom, ragini bilawal-i bhairon’ (3, third, ‘Vilavali Ragini’ of’ Bhairava).’ 239 by 162 mm.
Gauri Ragini. A lady is seated alone on a hillock by a lake at sundown. Inscribed on reverse in Urdu: ‘4, chaharom, ragini devgandhar-i malkos’ (4, fourth, ‘Devgandhar Ragini’ of ‘Malkos).’ 227 by 159 mm.
Megha Raga. Krishna dances in a glade to the rhythm of music played by four girl musicians; peacocks perch in the trees above. Inscribed on reverse in Urdu: ‘2, dovvom, ragini kamur-i meghi mallar’ (2, second, ‘Kamur Ragini’ of ‘Megha Mallar).’ 228 by 164 mm.